It is fair to ask why Mennonite Central Committee has programming on Jeju island. The heartbreaking truth is that Jeju, despite it’s current popularity as a tourist destination, holds a painful history of suffering, repression, and mass murder. After World War 2, many of the people living on Jeju island were deeply disappointed and troubled…
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Flowers of Jeju 2026
Earlier this month, over the Khmer New Year holiday, we had regional meetings on the island of Jeju in South Korea. We decided to stay a few days after to have a short family vacation. I’ll write more about our explorations later but I’ll start with another entry in my flower series. We enjoyed visiting Longwood…